Jangaon Municipality

Jangaon Municipality, with population of about 52 thousand is Jangaon sub district's only municipality located in Jangaon sub district of Jangaon district in the state Telangana in India. Total geographical area of Jangaon municipality is 8 km2. Population density of the city is 6986 persons per km2. There are 6 wards in the city, among them Jangaon Ward No 01 is the most populous ward with population of about 13 thousand and Jangaon Ward No 06 is the least populous ward with population of 4528.

Nearest railway station is Jangaon which is within the city. Jangaon is the sub district head quarter of the city. District head quarter of the city is Warangal which is 55 km away. Hyderabad is the state head quarter of the city and is 85 km far from here. Yearly average rainfall of the city is 801.3 mm. Maximum temperature here reaches up to 44°C and minimum temperature goes down to 27°C.

Demographics

The city is home to about 52 thousand people, among them about 27 thousand (51%) are male and about 26 thousand (49%) are female. 81% of the whole population are from general caste, 16% are from schedule caste and 3% are schedule tribes. Child (aged under 6 years) population of Jangaon municipality is 10%, among them 51% are boys and 49% are girls. There are about 12 thousand households in the city and an average 4 persons live in every family.

Religion wise distribution of population

Hindus contribute 86% of the total population and are the largest religious community in the city followed by Muslims which contribute 12% of the total population and Christians are the third largest religious community here with 2% population.. Female Sex ratio per 1000 male in Hindus are 950 in Muslims are 974 and in Christians are 1207.

Growth of population

Population of the city has increased by 19.1% in last 10 years. In 2001 census total population here were about 44 thousand. Female population growth rate of the city is 19.8% which is 1.4% higher than male population growth rate of 18.4%. General caste population has increased by 15%; Schedule caste population has increased by 32%; Schedule Tribe population has increased by 102.4% and child population has decreased by -9.9% in the city since last census.

Sex Ratio - Females per 1000 Male

As of 2011 census there are 958 females per 1000 male in the city. Sex ratio in general caste is 988, in schedule caste is 866 and in schedule tribe is 709. There are 973 girls under 6 years of age per 1000 boys of the same age in the city. Overall sex ratio in the city has increased by 11 females per 1000 male during the years from 2001 to 2011. Child sex ratio here has increased by 7 girls per 1000 boys during the same time.

Literacy

Total about 39 thousand people in the city are literate, among them about 22 thousand are male and about 17 thousand are female. Literacy rate (children under 6 are excluded) of Jangaon is 82%. 90% of male and 75% of female population are literate here. Overall literacy rate in the city has increased by 4%. Male literacy has gone up by 2% and female literacy rate has gone up by 7%.

Workers profile

Jangaon has 35% (about 18 thousand) population engaged in either main or marginal works. 49% male and 20% female population are working population. 45% of total male population are main (full time) workers and 3% are marginal (part time) workers. For women 16% of total female population are main and 4% are marginal workers.